# CVE-2023-49085: Cacti SQL Injection vulnerability

> An authorized user can execute arbitrary SQL code in Cacti via pollers.php, allowing potential data access or modification.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** CLEANSTART-2024-XK61765, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49085, GHSA-vr3c-38wh-g855, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49085

## What is CVE-2023-49085?

CVE-2023-49085 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 22 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cacti provides an operational monitoring and fault management framework. In versions 1.2.25 and prior, it is possible to execute arbitrary SQL code through the `pollers.php` script. An authorized user may be able to execute arbitrary SQL code. The vulnerable component is the `pollers.php`. Impact of the vulnerability - arbitrary SQL code execution. As of time of publication, a patch does not appear to exist.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-49085?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cacti Cacti.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-49085?

No fix published yet.

## Is CVE-2023-49085 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-49085 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Cacti RCE via SQLi in pollers.php (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in Cacti Cacti

- [CVE-2022-46169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46169/): Cacti Command Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-39893](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39893/): Cacti: Pre-authentication SQL injection via rfilter RLIKE clause in graph_view.php (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-39938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39938/): Cacti: Unauthenticated RCE on Graph Image (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-39955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39955/): Cacti has Pre-Authentication SQL Injection via unanchored FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP in graph_view.php (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-39361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39361/): Unauthenticated SQL Injection in graph_view.php in Cacti (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-49085 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-49085 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 22 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-49085 exists.

Affected product: Cacti Cacti. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49085/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49085/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49085
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49085
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-49085

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49085/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.